数字人文视域下翻译研究:现状、问题与前景

Translation Studies in Digital Humanities:State of the Art,Issues and Future Directions

本文梳理了数字人文视域下翻译研究发展的现状与问题,并在此基础上探讨了该领域研究的未来发展前景。我们认为,近年来数字人文视域下翻译研究取得了快速发展,但也存在一些问题。一方面,该领域研究局限于派生性数字文本的分析,且过分依赖文本数据库的应用,却忽略了原生性数字文本的分析和其他数据库的应用。另一方面,该领域以文本数据挖掘方法的应用为主,很少采用其他数字人文方法;该领域研究的理论框架有待构建与完善。为此,我们应建设并运用各种翻译研究数据库,并将原生性数字文本纳入该领域的研究对象之中。此外,我们应当根据研究目的选用不同的数字人文研究方法,依据数字人文和翻译学的相关理论构建并完善该领域研究的理论框架。

This article presents a critical review of the current research,issues and future directions for translation studies in digital humanities.It is argued that translation studies in digital humanities has achieved substantial progress,but there exist some problems.On the one hand,research in the field has been limited to the analyses of derivative digital texts based on the use of corpora or text databases,with the result that scanty attention has been paid to the analyses of original digital texts and the use of other kinds of databases.On the other hand,diversified research methods of digital humanities have to be used in addition to text data mining,and the theoretical framework has to be constructed.Therefore,we are required to compile and use a variety of databases for translation studies in digital humanities,and incorporate original digital texts into its research objects.In addition,we are supposed to adopt various research methods of digital humanities for the research in the field,and construct its theoretical framework by drawing upon the theories of digital humanities and translation studies.